[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4926 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4926

     To require a study and report regarding the construction and 
 designation of a new interstate from Savannah, Georgia to Knoxville, 
                               Tennessee.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2004

 Mr. Burns (for himself, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Bishop 
   of Georgia, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
Bonner, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, and Ms. Majette) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require a study and report regarding the construction and 
 designation of a new interstate from Savannah, Georgia to Knoxville, 
                               Tennessee.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Interstate 3/3rd Infantry Division 
Highway Initiation Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Consistent with the original purposes of the Dwight D. 
        Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways 
        there is a need for a direct interstate highway link between 
        Fort Gordon, Eisenhower Army Regional Medical Center, the 
        Augusta Veterans Administration Hospitals, Fort Stewart, Hunter 
        Army Airfield, and the Port of Savannah which is in the 
        strategic defense interest of the Nation.
            (2) East Georgia, Western North Carolina, and the Great 
        Smoky Mountains region of Tennessee are underserved by north-
        south interstate highways, and would benefit economically and 
        through increased public safety by establishment of an 
        interstate highway extending from Savannah, Georgia, to 
        Knoxville, Tennessee, following a route generally defined 
        through Sylvania, Waynesboro, Augusta, Lincolnton, Elberton, 
        Hartwell, Toccoa, and Young Harris, Georgia; and Maryville, 
        Tennessee.
            (3) The United States Army 3rd Infantry Division of Fort 
        Stewart, Georgia provided the ``Tip of the Spear'' in the War 
        on Terror in Iraq. This Division sacrificed their blood and 
        lives so that their fellow Americans can live in peace and 
        freedom. These soldiers conquered Najaf, seized Saddam 
        International Airport and Saddam Hussein's palaces, and led the 
        fighting on the day of Baghdad's historic liberation.
            (4) A new interstate highway designated ``United States 
        Interstate Route 3'' should be constructed on the route 
        described in this section between Savannah, Georgia and 
        Knoxville, Tennessee.
            (5) This interstate highway should be named the ``3rd 
        Infantry Division Highway'', in honor of the professionalism, 
        heroism, and sacrifice of the men and women of the United 
        States Army 3rd Infantry Division in defending their Nation's 
        freedom.

SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT.

     Not later than December 31, 2004, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall study and report to the appropriate committees of Congress 
regarding the steps and estimated funding necessary to designate and 
construct a new interstate (Interstate Route I-3) for the 3rd Infantry 
Division 6 Highway, from Savannah, Georgia to Knoxville, Tennessee 7 
(formerly the Savannah River Parkway).
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